Churchwardens' accounts: 1537-8 | British History Online

The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559. Originally published by Trübner, London, 1905.

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'Churchwardens' accounts: 1537-8', in The Medieval Records of A London City Church St Mary At Hill, 1420-1559, ed. Henry Littlehales( London, 1905), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/early-eng-text-soc/vol128/pp376-380 [accessed 22 December 2024].

[a.d. 1537–8.



Iohn Byrd	Wardens.
Thomas Lorymer

Obit List.

Quitrent List.

Chantry Accounts.

The following complete list of the Church Rents is given in full because it specifies the localities of the properties, and is needed for comparison with the early rent lists.]

(fn. 1) The Rentes of the churche.



Rec' of Ione Goodwyn for a yeris rent	v l'i
Rec' of Mastres Evynger for a yere rent	iij l'i	vj s	viij d
Rec' of Wolstane Wyn for a yeris rent	iij l'i	vj s	viij d
Rec' of Ione partriche for a yere rent		xxvj s	viij d
Rec' of Master Roch, Alderman, for a yere rent		xv s
Rec' of Iohn Rian for a yere rent		xl s

The Prestes Aley.



Rec' of the parissh priest for a yeris rent	xij s
Rec' of sir R[i]chard Anntell' for a yere	ix s
Rec' of sir Christofer Snow for a yere	viij s
Rec' of sir Ioh'n baret for a yere	vj s	viij d
Rec' of sir Richard Elys for a yere	vj s	viij d
Rec' of Richard Wynslat for a yere	vj s	viij d
Rec' of sir merke ffletcher for a yere	vj s	viij d
Rec' of the scole hous for a yere	vj s	viij d

The rentes at toure hill.



Resceyued of Robert Danyell for ix houses at toure hill for oon hole yere rent	xij l'i	xijs

Gardens.



Rec' of Robert Avere for a garden rent for a yere		iiij s
Rec' of Wolston Wyn for a garden rent for a yere		iiij s
Rec' of Robert Game for quiterent due to the churche		iij s	iiij d
Rec' of the church of saint botulphe for a quiterent due to the church		ij s	vj d
Rec' of Master parsons dutie for the church due by a byll of his oun hand to the church for the mayntenaunce of the quere	xij l'i	x s	ix d	ob.
Rec' of Master Copynger vpon a bill, in partie of payment of a more some, for oon yere	iiij l'i
Summa of the Resceites for the church landes, the parsons dutie and Copynger, xlviij l'i xiij s xj d ob.

(fn. 2) Paymentes made for the churche.

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Priestes Aley.



Paid to a tyler and his laborer for ij daies labour in the parissh priestes chambre	ij s	ij d
* * * * *
Paid to a bryklayer for xxj daies work for makyng of a chymney in the scolehous & fetching the fundacon frome the storehous flour vpward	xiiij s
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(fn. 3) Ih'on Rian['s] hous reparacions.

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Paid for j lode of bryk for his well mowthe	xiiij d
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The churche.



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Paid for xxxvj elles of cloth for vj surplyces for the conductes and iiij for the children, at vij d the elle. Summa	xxj s
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Paid for mendyng of the dore in pardon churchyerd		x d
Paid to the mayers officer when Master Chaloner and Master Astryge were before the mayre		viij d
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Paid toward the makyng of the dong bote for þe chirch		xvj d
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(fn. 4) Paid for mendyng of the key to the southe church yard dore		ij d
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Paid to the smyth for ij claspys of yron to set vp the aulter in our lady chappell		iij d
Paid to sir marke for carolles for cristmas and for v square bookes	iij s	iiij d
Paid for paper for the same songes		xij d
Paid for mendyng of a siluer sencer		iiij d
Paid for mendyng of the lok and key to the scole hous dore		iiij d
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Paid for a glas for the lamp		j d
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Paid for mendyng of the parissh priest surples		vj d
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(fn. 5) The vestment maker.



Paid to a vestment maker for xxvij dayes labour, at vij d the day	xv s	ix d
Paid for silke tape	iij s	iiij d
Paid for threde and threde tape	iiij s	j d	ob.
Paid for a hole pece of Rone bokeram	ij s	iiij d
Paid for x yardes of burdeux bokeram, at v d the yarde	iiij s	iiij d	ob.
Paid to Thomas Sexten for makyng of the roll to gader the clarkes wages by		xij d
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Paid to Iamys sexten for wasshing the church clothes for a hole yere	xiij s	iiij d
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Paid for beryng a cope to polles on saynt Erkenwaldes day		j d
Paid to a bokebynder for new byndyng the boke that lieth before the curate and mendyng certain places theryn	vij s
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Paid for hire of the prophetes Rayment	ij s
Paid for settyng vp of the stage		viij d
Paid for nayles to the same		j d
Paid to the rat taker for laying of his bayte		iiij d
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(fn. 6) Paid for cheires and formes on palme sonday		v d
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Paid to Thomas Coldale for blowing the organs for a yere, at ij d the weke	viij s	viij d
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[Allowances.]

(fn. 7) Casuell Resceites.



Receyued of Master Barons for his wyfes pyt in saint Thomas chappell	xiij s	iiij d
Receyued for a child of Ioh'n Dawson lying in pardon church' yerde	ij s
Receyued of Master chaloner for a kynnes-woman of his lying in pardon church yerde	iij s	iiij d
Summa, xviij s viij d.

[Wax Reckoning.]

Clerk[es] Wages, & the beame light.



Resceyued of the parisshens this yere of the clarkes wages as it apperith by the Rolle of gaderyng of the same	viij l'i	xiiij s	viij d
Item, resceyued for the pascall money and the beame lygh't gadred this yere		xj s	ij d
Summa of the resceites of the clarkes wages & pascall money, ix l'i v s x d.

(fn. 8) Paymentes.



Paid to William Paten, parissh clerk, for oon yere	vj l'i	xiij s	iiij d
Paid to Thomas Talies for half a yere	iiij l'i
Paid to Richard wynslatt for a quarter		l s
Paid to Ioh'n dey for a hole yere	viij l'i
Paid to Ioh'n Shaxton for iij quarters of a yere	vj l'i
Paid to Thomas Roo for iij quarters & a moneth wages	vj l'i	xij s	iiij d
Paid to Robert ffox for half a year & viij wekes and ij daies wages	iij l'i	ix s	iiij d
Paid to Iames Sharpwith for a hole yere	viij l'i
Paid to Thomas yole for a quarter		xxx s
Paid to Ioh'n Skynner for iij wekes		vj s	viij d
Paid to Thomas Sexten for a quarter wages		xxiij s	iiij d
Summa of the paymentes of the clerkes wages, xlviij l'i v s.

[Rehearsal, etc.]



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(fn. 9) And more ress' for a pyt of a priest buried in the church out of bos aley, vj s viij d
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(fn. 10) and so the accomptant Ioh'n brid dothe owe cler v s iij d ob..

The whiche he hathe delyuered vnto his fellow, Thomas Lorymer, in the presence of M^r William Roche, alderman, Thomas Clayton . . . . . and other howsemen of the same parishe . . . .

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(fn. 11) These be the names of suche persounes as be detters parcell of the persons duetie.



Iohn Osborn	vj s	vj d
The son tavern	viij s	iij d
William Awd[. . . ?]	xvij s	xd	ob.
Iohn Crowcher	xj s
Iames Quylt oweth for the churche		xx d